TY - JOUR
T1 - Mentorship in developing transformational leaders to advance health policy
T2 - Creating a culture of health
AU - Montavlo, Wanda
AU - Veenema, Tener Goodwin
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their support for this project: Secured seed grant of $3,500 from the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows Alumni Association to the New York Executive Nurse Fellows (ENF). Center for Creative Leadership (Greensboro, North Carolina) provided tools for use at the meeting. Coach for donation of handbags. NY ENF Planning Committee with Credentials: Suzanne M Boyle, DNSc, RN, Joan Marren, MEd, MA, RN, Kathleen Leask Capitulo, DNSc, RN, FAAN, VHA-CM, Vivian Torres-Suarez, MBA, BSN, RN. Our honored guest speakers: Diana Mason, PhD, C, FAAN, RN, Connie Vance, EdD, RN, FAAN. Planning support came from the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows from New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Fiscal and in-kind support came from Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Greater New York Nassau Suffolk Organization of Nurse Executives and Leaders. Volunteers: Bronwyn Starr and Evelyn Perez.
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PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Historically, mentoring in nursing has focused primarily on either moving novice nurses to a more advanced level of expertise in the clinical setting, assisting advanced practice nurses to reach professional excellence, or mentoring students and junior faculty researchers to expand evidence-based practice in nursing for colleges of nursing and nursing science. These efforts have achieved success at the individual and organizational level; however, nursing has yet to achieve a "culture" of mentorship within the profession.1-4 Nowhere is this gap more pronounced than in mentorship of future nurse leaders with the specific intent to develop the knowledge, skills, and political savvy to advance health policy and create better systems of care. The nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation's healthcare workforce, yet nurses remain grossly underrepresented in major leadership positions within the healthcare system and within those organizations empowered to develop and implement health policy.5,6 In order to ensure that nurses are ready to assume these leadership roles, leadership development and mentoring programs need to be made available for nurses at all levels.
AB - Historically, mentoring in nursing has focused primarily on either moving novice nurses to a more advanced level of expertise in the clinical setting, assisting advanced practice nurses to reach professional excellence, or mentoring students and junior faculty researchers to expand evidence-based practice in nursing for colleges of nursing and nursing science. These efforts have achieved success at the individual and organizational level; however, nursing has yet to achieve a "culture" of mentorship within the profession.1-4 Nowhere is this gap more pronounced than in mentorship of future nurse leaders with the specific intent to develop the knowledge, skills, and political savvy to advance health policy and create better systems of care. The nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation's healthcare workforce, yet nurses remain grossly underrepresented in major leadership positions within the healthcare system and within those organizations empowered to develop and implement health policy.5,6 In order to ensure that nurses are ready to assume these leadership roles, leadership development and mentoring programs need to be made available for nurses at all levels.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mnl.2014.05.020
DO - 10.1016/j.mnl.2014.05.020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922819563
SN - 1541-4612
VL - 13
SP - 65
EP - 69
JO - Nurse Leader
JF - Nurse Leader
IS - 1
ER -